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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 16 Feb 2004.
Re: FIGlet Fonts Library update

Re: FIGlet Fonts Library update

On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 17:48:31 +0100, Markus Gebhard <mar...@jave.de> wrote:


>
>The most complicated characters are still missing and the existing ones 
>could use some diddling.
>
>When using the font it is handy to have a FIGdriver that allows you 
>tweaking the layout. With FIGlet's default layout options all you can 
>get is this:
>   ,--,                               ,--,                 ,---,
>,--.'|                             ,--.'|               ,---.'|
>|  | :                .---.        |  | :               |   | :
>:  : '     ,---.    /.  ./|  ,---. :  : '     ,---.     |   | |
>|  ' |    /     \ .-' . ' | /     \|  ' |    /     \  ,--.__| |
>'  | |   /    /  /___/ \: |/    /  '  | |   /    /  |/   ,'   |
>|  | :  .    ' / .   \  ' .    ' / |  | :  .    ' / .   '  /  |
>'  : |__'   ;   /|\   \   '   ;   /'  : |__'   ;   /'   ; |:  |
>|  | '.'|   |  / | \   \      |  / |  | '.'|   |  / |   | '/  '
>;  :    |   :    |  \   \ |   :    ;  :    |   :    |   :    :|
>|  ,   / \   \  /    '---" \   \  /|  ,   / \   \  / \   \  /
>  ---`-'   `----'            `----'  ---`-'   `----'   `----'
>
>I think it would look better if one could specify to smush the 
>characters one additional column:
>       ,--,                           ,--,               ,---,
>     ,--.'|                         ,--.'|             ,---.'|
>     |  | :              .---.      |  | :             |   | :
>     :  : '    ,---.   /.  ./| ,---.:  : '    ,---.    |   | |
>     |  ' |   /     \.-' . ' |/     |  ' |   /     \ ,--.__| |
>     '  | |  /    / /___/ \: /    / '  | |  /    /  /   ,'   |
>     |  | : .    ' /.   \  '.    ' /|  | : .    ' /.   '  /  |
>     '  : |_'   ;   /\   \  '   ;   '  : |_'   ;   '   ; |:  |
>     |  | '.|   |  / |\   \     |  /|  | '.|   |  /|   | '/  '
>     ;  :   |   :    | \   \|   :   ;  :   |   :   |   :    :|
>     |  ,   /\   \  /   '---"\   \  |  ,   /\   \  /\   \  /
>      ---`-'  `----'          `----' ---`-'  `----'  `----'
>
>Markus

If I recall, figWIN has a slider control for smushing, I dont remember if it would allow that much overlap but that would be a handy addition to javE 

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